throstle

Meaning

1. (archaic, dialectal) A song thrush.
2. A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous.

Synonyms

mavis

song thrush

Turdus philomelos

thrush

penguin

🐧

chewing gum

spinning frame

spinning jenny

bubble gum

spinning machine

chicle

Translations

Drossel

zanglijster

lijster

τσίχλα

grive musicienne

turdus philomelos

Turdus philomelos

tordo bottaccio

spinmachine

turdo

السمنة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈθɹɒsəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: throstel

Inherited from Old English: þrostle

In summary

From Middle English throstle, throstel, from Old English þrostle, from Proto-West Germanic *þrostlā, possibly altered from or a diminutive of *þurstaz, related to *þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.